Confirmed: Camila Cabello Quits Fifth Harmony For Solo Career

With their collective star on the rise after the chart domination of songs ‘Work From Home’ and more, Fifth Harmony was well on their way to filling the “girl group” void left in the industry by the likes of Destiny’s Child and Danity Kane.

Unfortunately, much like the latter, before their star could reach its highest heights, the group was dealt a crushing blow by the announcement of the departure of one of its members. In 5H’s case, it’s Camila Cabello.

Coming just a day after hits that members Normani Kordei and Ally Brooke are readying solo offerings (read more on that here), tuck in below to read the shocking announcement:

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Ja’FarDecember 19, 2016

Knew this was coming. Camila and whatever team she had behind her knew exactly what they were doing. They’ve been working plotting this whole time. First, every girl in the group has been through something negative this year except Camila Cabello. Normani with calling Camila ” quirkey” in a interview that led her to be hated, Lauren with her recent weed situation which led her to be hated to some extent,Dinah for making homophobic remarks which led her to be hated, and Ally being attacked by a fan not so much led to be hated more so nothing positive. All this negatively during the groups ” Breakout Year” .Camila on the other had has a top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 with MGK, winning a Much Music Award with Shawn Medes for their 2015 Top 20 hit ” I Know What You Did Last Summer”, and earlier this year she was the spokesperson for Immigration Rights. Nothing negative was put in the media about her. What else is strange is how the media made her the breakout star. Just recently Vogue name her one of the ” 8 Teen Style Stars Set To Rule 2017″. We’re they aware that she was going to rule 2017 as a solo artist not with 5H? I think that is a yes. They knew about this because whatever team that’s representing her sent the world out so they can create stories to build up her momentum just in time for 2017. She is talented no doubt with a unique voice unlike any other but they were supposed to succeed together. They were going to take over the world commercially as 5 talented ladies. They were going to have that number 1 album and singles worldwide with this 3rd album. As a result to that was going to open up more doors for them such as huge endorsement deals and much more awards such a Grammy. This year was amazing for them. They set the bar so high for future girl groups. We thought they were going to take over the world of entertainment together as 5. There is no FIFTH HARMONY without 5 members. Even if they add someone new ( which I doubt that would happen” they still wouldn’t been the Fifth Harmony that the world was introduced too. Do not come for Camila she was presented a better opportunity and took it.

Camilla please remove yourself from this blog we know it’s you! Now they should be called harmony. I would like to just have Dinah Normani and Lauren. I think that would be hot but let’s let Alley have her job.

Girl, your ears are broke! She sounds like a crying cat! And you can tell she thinks she’s the s***. She’s going to be trying to get her spot back after they blow up, and she’s doing more features.. Bye Camisole! 😂

She left when they were just about to really blow up next album! Huge mistake! I think all the other girls knew she was leaving that’s why Normani released that cover… I think Normani is doing it the right way strategically she still has that black fanbase she hasn’t tapped into yet! Destinys Child went through 2 group changes and still managed to do well! I really see Lauren becoming the most successful from the group though!

Well I mean why not, Fifth Harmony was going nowhere. They only had radio hits, that’s it.
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Ain’t nobody calling Normani, Lauren or the other ones for a feature, everyone was calling Camila. Camila was the only one big producers like Diplo were calling, not the other girls.
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Magazines were writing about Camila, plus she has a bigger social media presence than the other girls, I mean why not. Fifth Harmony were slowing her down.
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She was presented with a big opportunity, she took it.

When diplo can call Gaga, Nicki and Taylor swift, do you really think he called Camilla? I think it was the other way around. Notice in the departure letter it says “we’ve been informed by camilla’s REPRESENTATIVES”–yeah, that’s who was setting that stufff up for her. At least she has Good ones.

Funny what you are calling “lowkey”. Though Selena and Demi are totally not on the same level, with Selena being more known etc, I get what you mean. But guess, what. Not everyone needs to be on the megastar level like riri or Taylor. Hell, some of the so called legends were never on the level that the ones you’ve just mentioned are. And these stars live a by far superior live than the majority of public, even if they were “lowkey”. So I see nothing wrong with that

Selena and Demi…I barely know either of them but I always thought Demi’s music was more popular, she’s in rotation at the gym and my local grocery store.

XYZDecember 19, 2016

@credits – tbh I don’t care for neither of them. But Selena is the one with most instagram followers, at least from what I’ve read. And she is more known internationally – I live in Europe and Selena is known here, couldn’t say the same for Demi tbh. Whatever, Demi is by far more talented – my point just was that neither of them are on some megastar s*** but are still living a good live. So not everyone can or needs to be on the level as Beyoncé, ri or Taylor is to be considered as successful

I can’tDecember 19, 2016

I’m not sure that matters. Mediocre white girls get hyped to the heavens. It doesn’t matter how bland, boring, and basic they are. You’re right. She’ll be another Selena/Demi.

This really is gonna give Normani more chance to shine and to set up her solo career! She has to come stronger vocally! I see Normani being like Ciara solo star wise! I see 5th Harmony doing one more album as 4!

You can tell they were pushing her to be the star on the first record, but she was getting less party on the last. I never understood the push, but it was clear. When they stop putting her in the front, you could see the bitterness from her. I hate her tone, it’s whiney, very Cheetah Girl ish after Raven left. She’ll be the Nicole Shdhdhdher and Zayn. Zayn is a one hit wonder, Nicole would suck me off just to get one hit. People going to learn leaving a group premature never works, Beyonce & JT left after the group had success. Beyonce came back to lose the book of DC, JT never looked back. There’s tons of nameless girls on the radio feat on EDM/White rappers songs. From Me Myself and I, How Deep Is Your Love, Don’t Let Me Down and so on. Girls that you don’t know and this will be her.

Nicole was the only lead singer out of the group.
5th Fifth Harmony each member had solo.

FresjDecember 19, 2016

I don’t understand why she would leave when they just started being successful.This has a Nicole type situation written all over it. Leaving a group prematurely and realizing you’re not quite as popular as you think you are.I mean this group can’t even get 500K people to buy their albums,and majority of their single certifications come from mostly streams and sells mix.I’m not understanding at all.Bad move!

Bye Camilla. Wasn’t she the one that said the most racist s***? It was clear she was angling to be a solo artist anyway. Not telling her bandmates herself that she was going and leaving it up to her management is a true Taylor Swift-like Darth Becky touch.

Camila has two hit singles outside of 5H. Her latest one is top 10 and is the most disjointed, non melodic, non flowing piece of garbage I’ve ever heard and her fanbase is eating it up. Trust and believe this girl is incredibly calculating. She has been plotting her exit strategy for a long time. She did not leave that group without having other deals and connections in place and with Taylor as her bestie she is going to ride those connections to establishing herself.
And the fact that she didn’t even have the decency to tell the other girls tells you everything you need to know about her.

I never found her particularly talented or interesting. Girl couldn’t hold a candle to Kelly Rowland much less Beyoncé. Apparently she wants to drop her surname too hahaha. If she things she’s going to make it big solo, then fame has clearly gotten to her head

They don’t need her TBH. It looks bad because groups and especially female groups always lose members but continue as 4, work on better dancing, an Urban R&B sound, come back stronger and say F-you to the little mouse-y vocalist who should have never been their pushed out front as lead vocalist/artist ever!
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I don’t like them but I have plans that could make them be even bigger.
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She honestly was always dead weight for them. This is a blessing in disguise as long as LA Reid and Simon Cowel still make them a priority. As long as they work together to make them better an continue together for 2+ more albums they all could be in a better place than where they were while with Camila.
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On to bigger and better 5H. Good riddance Camila and your terrible vocals that need auto tune.

Wait wait wait! The chick with, by far, the WORST voice in the group is leaving for a solo career? Lord Bless her utterly deluded soul. She will crash and burn harder and faster than Azelia Banks after pissing off Russel Crowe.

Lmao. Two moderate hit singles and she thinks she gonna make it. At least Zayn was a millionaire when he decided to leave 1D – if he didn’t do well, he would’ve gone to live in some mansion in the English countryside. Did Fifth Harmony even take home 5 million between them in the whole time they were in the band?

I don’t know who would want an entire album sung by this cawing bird. But I guess if Selena Gomez, Hailee Steinfeld and other mediocre individuals can have solo careers, this one will too. A successful one at that. And that Republic Records CEO she’s been f****** to get this far in the game is probably jerking off with glee that he managed to get her to quit the group.

You do so much hating on junes diary when your fave does nothing but gets pregnant, tell her to release some music that will chart, release an album that someone other than you will listen to with ya dusty ass, like ciara is in the league of flops so you have no right talking about anybody

#JACKIEDecember 19, 2016

June’s Diarrhea fans talk the most S*** when they have no receipts. No singles, no albums and no hope b****. Even their own creative directors washed their hands of them. They won’t even reach Da Bands level. Ciara is a BRAND and June’s DooDoo WISHES to have even an eighth of her success and relevance. Stay mad bum!!

HiveHighnessDecember 19, 2016

A brand of what? How to sleep around and have babies. Ciara is washed up ok, she has no vocals at all, Junes diary are in the beginning of their stardom just give them time. At least they aren’t rushing to just release the next microwave hit and be on to the next, they’re actually bonding and putting their individual sounds into their music, keep hating I’ll be happy to say I told you so in a few months, catch my girls at the essence festival

#JACKIEDecember 19, 2016

Says who? Not Frank Gatson! He said their songs FLOPPED and their show was CANCELED. Let’s not forget that Ciara is doing her thing in fashion REVLON says hello, WILHEMENIA says wassup and her music will soon follow boo. Ciara STAYS booked and she’s worth millions and so is her HUSBAND! June’s Diarrhea can’t even drop an EP that they promised months ago. KIIIIII. At least Fifth Harmony has RECEIPTS! Fume b****!

HiveHighnessDecember 19, 2016

Again you’re the only girl that’s fuming, and just when did frank gatson say that? He’s always praising and showing love to those girls, they’re still a work in progress you idiot I’d rather have people that take time and put care into their music, ciara may be doing her in fashion but she’s done in the music world, ain’t nobody checking for her music

#JACKIEDecember 19, 2016

No one is checking for her music, yet she’s still getting gold and platinum plaques and VEVO certified. Meanwhile Losing Destiny had less viewers than Zoe Ever After.

HiveHighnessDecember 19, 2016

Ciara can have whatever plaques she likes she’s still vocally incompetent, each of those girls in Junes diary will sing her under the bus and then some, gone with that plaque mess what about the talent?? Right! And I don’t mean to bring my other fav into this but ciara wishes she was on the level of the queen bey, sit down you Stan for a non singing flop

cocobuttaDecember 19, 2016

So its Fifth Harmony with no 5th member and still no Harmonies.
🙄 Camilla bye bish

Who’d want to be beyonce, a puppet who is controlled by the music industry.

Sit down beyonce isn’t that great either. Remember when she was in dc and she was struggling to sing, then suddenly she becomes a solo artist and her voice instantly changes? That’s very fishy. I don’t even think that’s the real beyonce, the real beyonce was killed years ago and this thing we have now shaking her a*s is a clone. Sad.

Even beyonce says so herself, there is a demon inside of her.

Beyonce was struggling back in DC and if it wasn’t for her daddy nobody would’ve known who she was. So if camila sells out like beyonce did then she will be the next big star but if not…then oh well.

I don’t think so dawling! I’d like to see camila’s whiny self sing like that. Camila won’t even be able to sing like Beyonshit let alone Nicole. She’ll be more like screaming screeching Melody Thornton from PCD. Lord save my ears.

Yet Ciara is a BRAND with several lucrative contracts and platinum plaques and a Grammy sitting pretty on her mantelpiece. You were saying…..????

#ispeakfactsDecember 19, 2016

@#Jackie

She won a grammy for best music video! Not bragging worthy! Ciara signed a 2 year deal with Loreal as a brand ambassador! I have yet to see her anywhere with Loreal… no tv ads, no store ads, no nothing but the internet! Her only relevancy is her relationship and her getting pregnant! Her career is pretty much done after this second baby! 👋🏾

#JACKIEDecember 19, 2016

You sound UPSET høe. 😂

My World Is…BluDecember 20, 2016

@jackie,

You’re right these girls don’t really have star power and aren’t the most talented, but they’re still miles ahead of ciara the flop in everything. That ho has the weakest voice I have ever heard. I’m surprised that producers even work with her. Even the dream could out-sing ciara’s trashy ass.

Girl it’s not going to work! Should’ve waited until after the next 1/2 5H albums whist doing some solo activities on the side to push your own name, the general public still don’t really know the members individually. The way she left aswell won’t sit well with the many fans. The GP are also less forgiving when it comes to female artists, she’ll be painted as the b**** who back stabbed her fellow members. 5H were still growing in popularity too, At least One Direction had reached their peak and it seemed like they were just riding that wave when Zayn left. Anyways I hope this doesn’t stunt the other girls growth, I could see them doing stadiums if the songs on the next album were right. They also need to not break up because of this.

is media mysoginist? sure. but Camilla is indeed a backstabbing b**** and she showed her true colors when her fans went with racist remarks for Normani this year and she basically sat and watched. she thinks she’s Mariah when she’s not even seeing Ariana vocally. glad she’s gone and if the girls are smart they’ll grow stronger and more popular from this.

She’s gonna flop so hard lmao, Harmonizers or whatever they call themselves are actually celebrating on Twitter. She got a cute lil hit and it wasn’t even a solo hit, but a feature from a previous one hit wonder (and her part is basically a sample) and she thinks she can pull a Beyonce/Zayn? Like someone said, at least Zayn was worth millions when he left. I doubt anyone in 5H is a millionaire.
Speaking of Zayn, Mind of Mine flopped but I don’t even think 7/27’s TOTAL sales have yet to outsell its first week. Sad!

The chipmunk will floppp!!! With her dumbàss… Notice how Bey, JT, and even Zayn (who scored one big hit and a mediocre selling album), left their respective groups after at least 3 albums, 5 years, and mega success. Fifth Harmony literally scored their first major success this year with WFH yet their album has yet to go gold. She should’ve waited til their next era when they would blow up even more. She got to anxious after scoring mediocre success off of two features. She is not a Beyoncé, or Timberlake; she doesn’t have enough talent and popularity to have success right after her group entered mainstream.

They should drop the short girl and go on as a trio. The most successful girl groups are trios (Destinys Child, TLC, Supremes) or quintets (Spicegirls), and I honestly see them blowing up with “Third Harmony” or “3H”. Then after their 4th album when they have at least 4 smash hits and at least one or two million-selling albums, they should go on a hiatus and set off for solo careers. Normani has the most potential to breakout imo. She’s the Bey to Camilla’s Kelly lol.

Normani doesn’t have Beyonce’s talent! She’s a great dancer but she’s a weak vocalist! Camilla is a stronger singer but weak performer… She really shines best when she sings ballads! Stop comparing Destinys Child to 5th Harmony! Kelly had major success overseas even bigger than Bey early in her solo career why Beyonce dominated the U.S market! All DC members are still much relevant and successful sweetie even Michelle!

If they were allowing Camila to do solo singles with people IDK why she wouldn’t have just continued to do that until she established herself more. I agree with the person who said people hardly, especially outside of music heads or their stans know each girl from another.
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They do not have much success despite being together for so long. The fact “WFH” is their biggest hit and came out this year doesn’t look well for her trying to depart on her two collaborative singles. It seems very much like Nicole Scherzinger of PCD fame when she tried to go solo after their smash album, but least they had like 4-5 hits. 5H hardly has two massive hits. And poor Nicole flopped to the gods in 2007.
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I have a plan though. The new an improved 5th Harmony need to release a new album by Spring or Summer 2017. I say take 1 month off, record an album from February to about April. Drop the lead single come April or May. Then release the album in June 2017. The sound should be less Pop focused and more Urban/R&B Dance aligned to create a new identity for the girls. They should mold themselves for as a modern Destiny’s Child meets Danity Kane, and never look back to heir Camila years. Then after album 4 or 5, then the other 4 should consider a break for solo albums if that is what they want come then.
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Two albums deep is not the time to think you are able to go solo IMO. Taylor and her false thoughts she placed in her head. Good luck Camila Scherzinger 2.0!

Well good for her, but she will either flop or have to sell her soul like beyonce did. So it’s a lose lose situation either way. Personally I’d rather just be known as a flop then to be a puppet to the music industry like beyonce so yeah

I’m glad she’s gone though, she had the most annoying voice in the group. Kind of like how beyonce was the worst in dc until her voice instantly improved.
At least she ain’t a trashy ho like beyonce, at least she hasn’t shown that yet. But you’re only as strong as your weakest member and that’s why dc sucked vocally…beyonce sucked a*s at singing until her voice somehow got much stronger.

But why are people saying she will flop? It’s all about having the right management and promotion. I mean, if rihanna, britney, ciara and j-lo can make it, then anybody can with the right team.

And you fools better stop using Nicole as an example…she had a bad team and she was also very indecisive and she and her team put out the wrong singles. So if this little girl has the right team (which I assume she does) she will be another selena gomez, another pop tart without any real talent who is made into a star. Like I said, if rihanna’s goat sounding a*s can make it, then with the right push any person off the street can make it. Plus camila won’t be blacklisted like Nicole was.

Starting by clearing up bishes s***.
My World Is…Blu, you are a degenerate of lowest class for calling Beyoncé a “puppet controlled by the music industry” you are a big d***, a fat h** and a r*****.
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Beyoncé cannot be called a puppet because he vocals have always been AMAZING (check out DC’s Survivor) for details. Bish, Beyoncé has 62 Grammy nominations and has Most Awards Won By A Female On A Night so, bish, I doubt she gives af what you petty h** thinks.
Stage 3.
Now I’ve defended Queen Bey, to 5H s***
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Camilla has AMAZING vocals, but what she did is so NOT COOL. I mean, instead of leaving, making the girls to be like kinda Fans 4 Angels or Quartet Special or Fabulous Foursome, or to look for replacements, she shoulda discussed with the girls that let ’em be a group, but have freedom to go onwads with Solo, while being a group.
So not cool, Camy.
And I also dig for Lauren, Ally, Dinah and Normani.
XOXO, StarGaze

Starting by clearing up bishes s***.
My World Is…Blu, you are a degenerate of lowest class for calling Beyoncé a “puppet controlled by the music industry” you are a big d***, a fat h** and a r*****.
Stage 2.
Beyoncé cannot be called a puppet because her vocals have always been AMAZING (check out DC’s Survivor) for details. Bish, Beyoncé has 62 Grammy nominations and has Most Awards Won By A Female On A Night so, bish, I doubt she gives af what you petty h** thinks.
Stage 3.
Now I’ve defended Queen Bey, to 5H s***
Stage 4.
Camilla has AMAZING vocals, but what she did is so NOT COOL. I mean, instead of leaving, making the girls to be like kinda Fans 4 Angels or Quartet Special or Fabulous Foursome, or to look for replacements, she shoulda discussed with the girls that let ’em be a group, but have freedom to go onwads with Solo, while being a group.
So not cool, Camy.
And I also dig for Lauren, Ally, Dinah and Normani.
XOXO, StarGaze

Lmao ya all pathetic cheap c**** here saying s*** about them and camila lol where r u? Sitting your fatass at home bitching but they are rich and enjoying their dreams lol why u jealous idiots here talk s***. Camila will be successful as well as 5H they are already big and on the same success as DC were and they will surpass them. Idiots bashing Ally here when her vocals are the best in the group, stfu. And in the shadow of Little Mix? little mix only wish to be as successfull as 5H and be at least a bit worldwide known lol